Ironing board and table



March 27, 1928.

J. M. DAVIS IRONING BOARD AND TABLE Filed Sept. 3. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l JizlielKflawB' March 27, 1928.

J. M. DAVIS IRONING BOARD AND TABLE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 5. 1924 JZ IZi'M FQI/ZS I iNVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Mar. 27, 1928.

IRONING BOARD AN D TABLE.

Application filed September 3, 1924; Serial No. 735,718.

My'present invention has reference to 'a table which may be readily transformedin-j to a plurality of ironing surfaces.

A further object is to provide, in an artie 6 cle of furniture, a frame having a compart- Inent therein and a top constructed of sections which normally close the compartment, one of said sections being hingedly connected to one end of the frame so that the same may be raised to obtain access to the compartment, the second section being slidable on the frame to uncover the compartmentwhich is designed to hold clothes or covers for the board as well as irons or other 1 implements required, whileon one end of the frame there is'a foldable sleeve board. A further object is the provision of a combined ironing board and table that pro vides a leg supported compartment and three separate ironing surfaces which may be utilized by individual operators without the liability of one interfering with the other.

With the above broadly stated objects in view and others which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference is to be had to the drawings which accompany and which form part of this application.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a table in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view therethrough.

Figure 3 is a top plan view showing the table converted into ironing surfaces.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view through one end of the device, with the sleeve board in inoperative position.

Figure 5 is a smaller sectional view, with the sleeve board raised.

Figure 6 is an end View of the device as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a detail section 7-7 of Figure 3.

Figure 8 is a detail view to illustrate the latch between the top boards of the improvement.

In carrying out my invention, I make use of a frame of the construction ordinarily employed in connection with kitchen tables. The improvement includes supporting legs 1 connected at their upper ends by longitudinal boards 2 and transverse boards 3. The boards 2 and 3 provide a substantially rectangular frame, and to the bottom of this on the line frame there is secured a board or plate 4'.

Thus the frame and board 4; supported open compartment. 7

The top comprisestwo boards or sections 5 and 6 respectively. The board 5 is of a. materially greater width than the board 6 and the confronting edges of the boards 5 and 6 are cut at the same angle, and the edges thus provided are beveled. In this manner, when. the top sections are brought together, a tight joint is provided therebeprovide a leg tween, it being noted that the beveled edge;

of the top section 6 overlies the beveled edge of the top section 5. Also by such construction the sections comprising the top, being each materially wider "at one than atits other end, are shaped to correspond with the usual shape of ironing boards. f

The widened end of the section 6 is hingedly connected to one of the ends 3 of the frame, as at 7. The section 5 is slidable on the frame, the same being preferably provided with 8 which are received in longitudinal grooves 9 in the ends 3 of the frame. The guides when brought into contact with the end walls of the grooves 9 also serve as stop means for limiting the sliding movement of the section 5 onthe frame. Secured on the outer face of one of the ends 3, directly below the hinge 7, there is one arm of an angle bracket. The second and normally horizontal arm of the bracket is hingedly connected to the fixed arm thereof, as at 10, and the swingable outer arm is held at a right angle with respect to the inner fixed arm by brace links 11 which are pivotally secured tothe bracket sections and which have a locking engagement with each other when in parallelism. The joint between the links ll is breakable so that the depending angle guide brackets 1 hinge member of the bracket may be swung in parallelism with the fixed member or section thereof. On the hingesection of the bracket, indicated by the numeral 12, there is secured a sleeve board 13. V

The top section 6 is raised to permit an operator obtaining access to the clothes in the compartment, but rests on the frame when used as an ironing board. The section 5 is moved laterally over the frame to the position disclosed in Figure 2, so that access to the compartment 4 may be obtained by a second operator. When the sleeve board 13 is swung to horizontal position and the parts arranged as above described, it will be seen tions relate so that further detailed descrip- 2 that I provide three separate and distinct tion will not be required.

ironing surfaces upon each of which clothes Having described the invention, I claim may be ironed by different operators without In a device for the purpose set forth, a one interfering with the other. This is an substantially rectangular frame having its important feature of the invention. \Vhen upper portion formed to provide a compartthe top sections have their confronting ends ment, a top for the compartment comprising brought into contacting engagement they two boards of unequal widths which have are latched ,by vmeans of a swingable catch let their confronting edges disposed obliquely on, one of the sections which engages with and which edges are beveled in opposite the stud or keeper 14; on the other top secdirections, a hinge connecting the narrow tion, WVhen the sleeve board 13,.is permitted board at the wide end thereof to one end of to :drop alongside of the frame, the device the compartment, offset'bracket members on is in the form of a table and maybe used the underside of the wider top section, at,

: as such. opposite ends thereof, the end walls, of'the .One or both. of the sides of the com'partcompartment having longitudinally extend- 40 ment' may be provided with openings 15, ing grooves to receive therein the ends of the through which the operator may slip ironed brackets to permit the sliding of the wider articles or remove articles to be ironed. top section, over the compartment, and latch- It is believed; that the foregoing descriping means at the confronting ends of the tion, when taken in connection with the top sections. drawings will fully set forth the construc- In testimony whereof-Iaffix my signature.

tion and advantages of my improvement to thoseskilled in theart to which such inven- JULIE MANSFIELD DAVIS; 

